Schedule, TV coverage & live stream of stage 2 of the Tour de France Femmes 2024
- Tuesday, 13 August
- Dordrecht - Rotterdam
- 69.7 kilometres, flat
- Official start: 10:00
- Finish: ~ 11:35 - 11:44
- TV: ARD, from 09:55, Eurosport 1, from 09:30*
- Live stream: ARD Mediathek, sportschau.de, Discovery Plus (for a fee)
- All stages of the Tour de France Femmes at a glance
Lisa Brennauer's assessment of the 2nd stage
As the stage start in Dordrecht is only 50 kilometres from The Hague, the teams won't have the stress of travelling and everyone will be fresh and rested at the start. In my career I have trained a lot on the roads of today's parcours and have also ridden a few races in this region. As on the previous day, the peloton will face no topographical difficulties, but a very windy route. The stage is characterised by constant changes of direction and therefore requires maximum concentration.
Due to the relatively few kilometres of this first of two half stages on this day, we can expect a "Ready, steady, go!" from the start and a very fast race. If Lucinda Brand gets a free ride from the Lidl-Trek team management, I wouldn't be surprised if she tries to initiate an escape group on this stage. Dordrecht is her home town and there would certainly be nothing better for her than to win there.
My tip for the stage win: Charlotte Kool
Our expert and her daily forecast
Lisa Brennauer competed in the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift once during her active career. At the inaugural event in 2022, the Allgäu native finished 58th in the final standings in her last year as a professional racer. The former road world champion in the time trial and Olympic champion in the team pursuit has since switched sides. She is now the mother of a son and has been supporting the German Cycling Federation as national coach of the women's U23 category since 2023. She also works as a TV expert and sporting director of the Women's Cycling Grand Prix Stuttgart, which is now the largest international women's one-day race with UCI Pro status organised in Germany.
For TOUR, the 36-year-old analyses all the stages on the route from Rotterdam to the legendary Alpe d'Huez, which features on the Women's Tour route for the first time and sets the stage for the exciting finale. On which stages could there be a sprinters' festival? Where could a preliminary decision be made with a view to the overall standings? With the first foreign start and a detour to neighbouring Belgium, the Tour of France promises eight exciting and varied stages. As the most successful German cyclist in recent years, Brennauer provides insights into possible race scenarios and describes with great expertise what the riders can expect on their three-country tour through the Netherlands, Belgium and eastern France into the Alps just one day after the end of the Olympic Games in Paris. We also use the number of classification jerseys to assess the significance of the stage for the overall classification, the climber's jersey and the sprinter's jersey.
* Broadcast times are subject to change.
Live from Tour de France Femmes 2024
TOUR editor Sandra Schuberth will be there live at the start of this year's Tour de France Femmes before cycling back to Munich. Her bikepacking tour is being organised under the name Deutschland-Trail Gravel-Edition. If you want, you can accompany them for a while.
